Manifolding sales-book.



B. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDING-SALES BOOK. APPLIUAI'XON 111mm JULY 3, 1912.

Patnted Aug. 18, 1934.

lNVliN'IOR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE. i

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, or ELMmA, NEW YORK, Assmno'n T0 AMERICAN SALES 300x COMPANY, LIMITED, or TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF CANADA.

MANIE'YOLDING SALES-BOOK.

riozms.

Application filed July 3, 1912, Serial No. 707,422.

To all-wellomit-nmy concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Kinny Bo'r- TLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira. in the county of Chemung and -State. of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mapifolding Sales-Books, of which'tlie following is a. full, clear. and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and'use the same.

This invention relates to manifolding Sales hooks and with regard to certain more specific features thereof, to triplicate Sales books. i

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple and practical 'salesl'nmh of the above character.

Almlli-z'l' object is to providea sales book whieh'shall be easy to manifmlate and cheap to niamltacture.

A further object is to provide. 'a'sales book pa-rtic.ularl adapted for use in clubs and the like, an(l coi |structcd to prevent fraud.

. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out-hereinafter.

The invention accordingtv consists in the I features of construction, combin'at ions of ele- "rents and arrangen'ient of parts which will be. exemplified in the constructi n llt'l'einafter set fortlnand the scope of the applicalowing claims.

In the act-onipanyirng drawing. wherein is shown one of the various possible embodlments of this invention. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device in operative position, with certain parts broken away for the sake of clearnes's; and Fig. 2 is a %de elevation of a slightl modified form.

imilar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout both views of the Referring now in detail to the accompauvmg drawin but more particularly to Fig. l, 1 denotes the rear-cover of a holder havin; flexibly connected therewith by means of a hinge 2 a top cover 3. At the opposite end the bottom cover 1 is flexibly connected, by means of a hinge 4', a back 5. Both the bot tom cover and back are providedwith pockets 6 and 7 respectively adapted to receive pads. One ofthese pads 8 comprises a phi- Speoiiication ofLetters Patent.

leaves 9 and 10'1 respectively, connected at" Patented Au 18,. 1914.

rality of sets 0f original and duplicatetheir lower or free ends and provided with a line of perforations 11, whereby they-may be conveniently separated. The leaves are also bound together at their upper: ends by means of staples 12 to form a stub 13 separated by weakening lines of perforations 14 to permit the leaves to be readily detached. The back of each original leaf'9 is carbon ized or coated with manifolding material as indicated at 15 by the torn portion whereby a record is made upon the duplicate leaf immediately therebeneath. It is seen that each set of leaves is connected-atboth ends so that erasures or changes upon thei' duplicate leaf can not be made without being: easily detected. as it will necessitate the sap arating ofthe leaves at either theirtop' or bottom. The other pad 16, hereinafter referred to as the triplicate padfcomprises a is thus seeiiwtliat when an impression is-miide upon the original leaf S it will lie-duplicated;

upon the leaf 10 by nieansof the'manifold. I

ing: means 15 and tripli'cated upon the leaf 17 by means of the carbon sheet Having described the construction of one iijubodiment of the invention, the operation 7 ti Eeofis substantially as follows In clubs, wl u-rea book of this characterlis particulai l v" t'zcsirable. andwhere members of the clubs sign checks for articles 'i eeeived, it is customary for the chil at the endof the; month to render a statement ofthe members iacoouiit and also return the checks signed. ly. the use of. a triplicate book of this kind,- one set'anavbe retained at the club, a second set returned to the member-at thefe'ndof the nmth, 'Jivhile the third set takes its regular course the kitchen or other department supplying the goods ordered, Thus when the gucstis' waited upon lfiis order is taken and recorded upon 'the' ori inal sheet 9 and duplicated and triplicated in the mannerabove described, after which the three leave;

are detached and disposed of as necessary. The triplicate pad is then swung upwardly from the plane of the original pad, a second set of original and duplicate leaves is turned back from the pad 8 from its position normally beneath the triplicate pad and laid over the triplicate nad after the latter is returned to its normal position. Thebook is then ready for subsequent operations.

In Fig. 2 the construction is substantially the same except that the original leaf 9 of the pa r 8 is not bound at the stub with the duplicate leaves but terminates at the line of perforations 14. the operation thereof is, of course, substantially the same as that aoove described. It is thus seen that this invention provides a simple and practical device adapted to accomplish, among others, all of the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattor contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying. drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a manifolding salesbook, in comb1- nation, a holder, a back, a pad comprising a pluralit of original and duplicate leaves mounte upon one of said parts, a second pad of triplicate leaves mounted upon the other and operatively associated with said first-mentioned pad and manifolding means associated with eachof said pads whereby triplicate copies may be made when the parts are in operative position.

2.'In a manifolding sales book of the character described, in combination, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicateleaves, the leaves of each set being connected at both ends and a triplicate pad connected with said first-mentioned pad to rest beneath the top set of original and duplicate leaves.

3: In a manifolding sales book of the character described,.in combination, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the leaves of each set being connected at both ends, a triplicate pad connected with said first-mentioned pad to rest beneath the top set of original and duplicate leaves, and manifolding means con tacting with both sides of'the duplicate leaf.

4. In a manifolding sales book of the character described, in combination, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the leaves of each set be ing connected at both ends, a triplicate pad coiinected with said first-mentioned pad to rest beneath the top set of original and duplicate leaves, a manifolding medium. applied directlyto the back of the original leaf, and a carbon sheet connected with the triplicate pad.

5. In amanifolding sales book of the character described, in combination, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the leaves of each set being connected at both ends, a triplicate pad connected with said first-mentioned pad to rest beneath the top set of original and duplicate leaves, manifoldin plied directly to the back 0 the original leaf,-and manifolding means beneath the duplicate leaf. i

6. In a manifolding sales book of the character described, in combination, a pad comprising a. plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, said leaves being connected at both ends, manifolding means applied to the back of each originalleaf, a triplicate pad connected with said first mentioned pad normally positioned beneath the top set of leaves, and a manifolding sheet connected with said triplicate pad.

7. In a manifolding sales book of the character described, in combination, a holder having a back hinged along one edge thereof, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves removably mounted upon said holder, the original and duplicate leaves of each set being connected at their unboundends, a triplicate pad comprising a plurality of single leaves bound together along one edge removably mounted upon said back and operatively positioned with relation to the top set of original and duplicate leaves, and manifolding media located both above and below said duplicate leaf whereby transactions are recorded in triplicate.

8. In a manifolding sales book of the character described, in combination, a holder having a back hinged along one edge thereof, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves removably mounted upon said holderpthe original and duplicate leaves of. each set being connected at both ends, a triplicate pad comprisin a plurality of single leaves 'bou nd toget er along one edge removably mounted upon said back and operatively positioned with relation to the'top set of original and duoriginal lea and a manifolding sheet coneach set being connected at thin unbound l nected with said triplicate pad positioned ends, a triplicate pad comprising a plurality beneath the duplicate leaf. 10 of single leaves bound together along one In testimony whereof I affix my signature, edge mounted upon said back and operain the presence of two witnesses tively positioned with relation to the top set EDNVARD KIRBY BOTTLE.

of original and duplicate leaves, manifold- \Vitnesses:

ing means a plied directly to the back of the A. L. GEUTHNER,

JOSHUA TATE. 

